BTT - Do you expect to fail or succeed?
Added 2020-11-10 17:00:00 +0000 UTCCan't wait to read your comments about this topic!
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With yours and Dave’s help, reading my Axels body language, I will succeed!
Patricia Lynn
2020-11-27 16:12:01 +0000 UTCAwww, you guys are so cute. Dave is smart, funny, and so very thoughtful! He needs and deserves all that affirmation, but can only digest it when he knows it’s not part of the cute Dialogue. He is a touch person, so the coin drops (and the call goes through) better when he is also touched. I took a loooooong time to put good BT information into practice, and part of it was because I didn’t believe I was magical enough to do what you guys do. Patti & Morgan, on Jamieleigh’s series, really helped me feel brave to try. Great journeys break down into soooo many little steps, and since my Morgan is 200 times smaller than I am (in grams), it’s fair if her steps are that small too sometimes. When I look at each step by itself, there’s no reason I can’t at least try to do my part. How hard is it, really? I didn’t have to be magical to click a button and give a treat for 3 minutes, 3x a day. And then I learned I didn’t have to be magical to hold a stick and click & treat 3 minutes, 3x a day. And then? Magic happened anyway! ClickyStick is now my most favorite game, and Morgan likes it too! It turns out the real magic is in our hoping and trusting, and in our choice to try. Thank you so much for all that you share. Hugs, from Wisconsin. ShelB & Morgan.
ShelB
2020-11-12 06:15:01 +0000 UTC🤣🤣🤣
Kim Russell
2020-11-12 04:09:37 +0000 UTCI used to think that my tiel loved guys. However, that is not the case. He has shown preference when I am at my dad’s for my dad and brother which made me think that he likes men with beards. When I got him, his previous owner said that he likes older men, but I mistook that as he is ok with all men. Like I said, not the case. Anyway, I absolutely loved this video! It was very informative. Y’all are awesome!
Crystal O'Kelly
2020-11-11 20:25:19 +0000 UTCLove this, so true.
BirdTricks
2020-11-11 15:53:02 +0000 UTCAs an avid fan of Bird Tricks and My Cat from Hell and Dog Whisperer etc. I see this theme over again wrt rescues don't force them to bring their past with them. Be unbiased and allow them a fresh start. As humans we tend to anthropomorphise - we attribute too much human-type reasoning, choice and emotion to animals. Thanks for emphasising the difference between hate and learned fear! Great vid guys!
Gina Zeelie
2020-11-11 13:40:14 +0000 UTCGreat video and reminder! I like to say that parrots are very empathetic, but don't confuse that with sympathetic. Somebody wise told me that. I try to remember to stop and get myself under control before I get around my bird on days when I'm having a bad day. I usually get a painful reminder when I forget to do this. My husband tends to be anxious and wound up by nature. Birds like him because he likes them, but they get too excited and wound up like him. Then inevitably he gets bitten. They don't act like that with me. I posted a question on the Q&A a few months back about how to ease my mother's fear over the new baby bird coming home. Well, he came home, and bless his heart, he must have sensed her feelings. She liked him but didn't want him to approach. So he kept his distance. I had her give him a special treat that nobody else could give every day. The two of them both started looking forward to this interaction. Finally, after nearly two months, he decided she was ready for him make a little visit to her. He climbed onto her knee, received a treat, stayed for a few minutes, and left without crawling all over her or nipping which is what she feared he would do. He has done this several times now. She never invites him, he invites himself. Somehow he seems to know that she is different. She has mild dementia and is physically handicapped. Our cockatiel seemed to know she needed special treatment too. That didn't surprise me as he was formerly the pet of an older woman and old himself, but seeing a baby bird who has no experience with anything realize this about her is amazing. Sometimes I think they train us far more than we could ever train them.
Holden Kendrick
2020-11-11 00:48:59 +0000 UTCI was also told about a macaw I was bonding with at a sanctuary that he DOESNT EVER BITE. . . . he does.
Jennifer Perez
2020-11-11 00:38:05 +0000 UTCI was told my Quaker was given up because she was vicious and bit the owner a lot ... She stepped up for me and gave me a kiss the first day.
Jennifer Perez
2020-11-11 00:36:47 +0000 UTCSuch a helpful vid! We're bringing home our parrot in a few days and these are all very good reminders about energy, not being discouraged when something doesn't go as expected and instead asking 'how can we do this differently?' And also not going in expecting to fail!
Maddy Williams
2020-11-10 22:45:00 +0000 UTC🥰😍🥰😍
Jennifer Percopo
2020-11-10 20:23:08 +0000 UTCAlso... Foxes are quick... I didn't mean for him to be on my lap... I was crouched down with the food and the quick little guy upon deciding I wasnt a threat decided I was safe to sit on too in the same second...
Tasha
2020-11-10 20:13:53 +0000 UTCI've been fortunate to have included a variety of animals into my life. I like how Jamie points out people's energy and interactions with other animals, like her friends horse... I went to Penn State for Wildlife management. One day there was a fox pup stuck on my sister's porch. It pushed the door open and it shut behind him. My sister calls me and I come over to handle it. With my sister the fox pup growled and behaved aggressively so she thought it was rabid. When I walked into the porch he paced nervously back and forth. Within 30 min I had the fox pup on my lap eating cat food from my hand. PLEASE DON'T TRY THAT. I went to school for this and knew my risks... My sister, surprised and seeing a small wild predator when she stepped out set a sort of tone. Me, I see a creature in trouble cuz that's exactly how he feels. So I approach as a creature who wants to help. I quickly determined the fox was a fresh juvenile striking out on his own. He was very thin but healthy. I took him home, put him in my outdoor pen and fed him for a few days. Then I released him back into the National Forest.
Tasha
2020-11-10 20:10:42 +0000 UTCExcellent point! In working with my birds I found myself relying on a lot of information from the previous owner until I saw one of your videos about Day 1 and how Jaime works the transition in her favor with diet, housing, expectations, etc. When I welcomed them into my home I set up their cages the same, offered them the 24/7 buffet - I did everything the previous owner did and guess what?? I got the same responses... That was not okay with me! I've since devoted many hours to being a BirdTricks pupil and have incorporated so much that if the previous human was to interact with them now he probably wouldn't even know these birds... There is still a long way to go but I feel their lives have been enriched (and I know their diet has... hehehehe) and I love being a parront to these beauties! Many thanks to you both! ❣🦜 💚❣💛❣💙🦜❣
Teresa Kernodle
2020-11-10 18:56:15 +0000 UTCLove this and getting a full scope of the different variables that can effect behavior
Rae Friedrich
2020-11-10 17:43:46 +0000 UTCYou guys are so cute! I know how my energy changes my interactions with my birds. I took in a parrotlet for a girl who was struggling to tame her. I was told she wouldn't step up and was a biter. I had the complete opposite experience with her she was actually one of the sweetest birds I have ever worked with! If I had believed what I was told I may have not got anywhere with her. She is now a completely different bird for her owner!
Wendy Cottingham
2020-11-10 17:15:58 +0000 UTC
